The Environmental Blog

Tuesday, July 05, 2005

How Measures may help our Environment

Long time ago there was a problem in Norway with acid rain. Air polution led to dead rish in rivers and lakes. More than 9,600 fish stocks were lost in Norway between 1950 and 1990. Salmon from all the great salmon rivers in Southern Norway was wiped out because of acid rain.

Now, thanks to measures taken by the European countries, the problem of acid rain has nearly disappeared. The salmon has come back to rivers where it once was wiped out. According to the Norwegian Minister of Environment, Knut Arild Hareide in his speach to the 4th World Recreational Fishing Conference in Trondheim - Norway:

We have acid rain under control. Today's biggest threat to Norwegian salmon comes from the parasite Gyrodactylus salaris, which came here in 1975. This parasite has the potential to wipe out entire salmon stocks in infected rivers. We have spent enormous sums each year to get rid of the parasite, river by river. We are trying out new ways of handling the parasite and will not give up before we succeed.

Will the European countries take the necessary measures to deal with this situation as well? Time will show.

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